Mubi (streaming service)
MUBI (/ˈmuːbi/; formerly The Auteurs) is a streaming platform that focuses on classic and arthouse cinema.
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Type of site | Streaming video Social networking Film criticism Distributor Producer |
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| Available in | Brazilian Portuguese Dutch English French German Italian Malay Spanish Turkish |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Founder(s) | Efe Cakarel |
| Key people | Efe Cakarel (founder and CEO) |
| URL | mubi |
| Launched | 14 February 2007 |
| Current status | Active |
It also produces[1] and theatrically distributes films by emerging and established filmmakers, which are exclusively available on its platform. Additionally, it publishes Notebook, a film criticism and news publication, and provides weekly cinema tickets to selected new release films through MUBI GO.
MUBI's streaming platform is available in over 190 countries on the web, Roku devices, PlayStation,[2] Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV,[3] LG and Samsung Smart TVs,[4] as well as on mobile devices including iPhone, iPad[5] and Android.[6]
MUBI has offices in London, New York, Kuala Lumpur and Mumbai.
History
Originally called The Auteurs, MUBI was founded in 2007 by Efe Çakarel, who began work on the business model for MUBI after being unable to watch In the Mood for Love online while in a café in Tokyo.[7] In 2010, the company adopted the new name MUBI.[8]
MUBI is a curated streaming service, which offers an ever-changing collection of hand-picked films, introducing one new film each day.
MUBI is also a distributor[9] and producer.[10] Co-productions include Port Authority[11] (Danielle Lessovitz), Farewell Amor[12] (Ekwa Msangi), Our Men (Rachel Lang), and Tickled (David Farrier). MUBI is also an executive producer on Maniac Cop[13] (Nicolas Winding Refn).
MUBI Releases
MUBI is a distributor and in addition to releasing films on the platform, started distributing theatrically in the United States and United Kingdom in 2016.
| Year | Film | Director | Release date | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arabian Nights | Miguel Gomes | April 22, 2016 | UK |
| The Blue Room | Mathieu Amalric | September 9, 2016 | UK | |
| Baden Baden | Rachel Lang | September 23, 2016 (UK) • November 25, 2016 (US) | US, UK | |
| I, Olga | Tomás Weinreb & Petr Kazda | November 18, 2016 | UK | |
| 2017 | The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki | Juho Kuosmanen | April 21, 2017 (UK) • May 19, 2017 (US) | US |
| Weirdos | Bruce McDonald | May 25, 2017 | US | |
| Slack Bay | Bruno Dumont | June 16, 2017 | UK | |
| Mimosas | Oliver Laxe | August 25, 2017 | UK | |
| On Body and Soul | Ildikó Enyedi | September 22, 2017 | UK | |
| Félicité | Alain Gomis | November 10, 2017 | UK | |
| Wet Woman | Akihiko Shiota | November 17, 2017 | US | |
| Antiporno | Sion Sono | November 10, 2017 | US | |
| The Son of Joseph | Eugène Green | December 15, 2017 | UK | |
| 2018 | Lover for a Day | Philippe Garrel | January 12, 2018 (US) • January 19, 2018 (UK) | US, UK |
| Have a Nice Day | Liu Jian | March 23, 2018 | UK | |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda | Stephen Nomura Schible | July 6, 2018 | US | |
| The Apparition | Xavier Giannoli | August 3, 2018 | UK | |
| Touch Me Not | Adina Pintilie | October 19, 2018 | UK | |
| Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | Gus Van Sant | October 26, 2018 | UK | |
| Suspiria | Luca Guadagnino | November 16, 2018 | UK | |
| 2019 | Border | Ali Abbasi | March 8, 2019 | UK |
| Under the Silver Lake | David Robert Mitchell | March 15, 2019 | UK | |
| Madeline's Madeline | Josephine Decker | May 10, 2019 | UK, Ireland | |
| Knife + Heart | Yann Gonzalez | July 5, 2019 | UK, Ireland | |
| LETO | Kirill Serebrennikov | August 16, 2019 | UK, Ireland | |
| A Dog Called Money | Seamus Murphy | November 8, 2019 | UK, Ireland | |
| Beanpole | Kantemir Balagov | October 11, 2019 | UK, Ireland | |
| Zombi Child | Bertrand Bonello | October 18, 2019 | UK, Ireland | |
| Yves Saint Laurent: The Last Collections | Olivier Meyrou | October 30, 2019 | UK, Ireland | |
| 2020 | The Staggering Girl | Luca Guadagnino | February 14, 2020 | Worldwide (excl. China, Italy, Japan, Russia) |
| Bacurau | Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles | March 13, 2020 | Germany, India, Ireland, UK | |
| Ema | Pablo Larraín | May 2, 2020 | Canada, India, Ireland, LATAM (excl. Mexico, Chile, Brazil), UK | |
| Family Romance, LLC | Werner Herzog | July 4, 2020 | Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, LATAM (excl. Brazil), New Zealand, Turkey, US | |
| Matthias & Maxime | Xavier Dolan | August 28, 2020 | Australia, India, Ireland, LATAM (excl. Mexico), New Zealand, UK, US | |
| The Other Lamb | Małgorzata Szumowska | October 16, 2020 | UK, Ireland | |
| Swallow | Carlo Mirabella-Davis | October 31, 2020 | Australia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Greece, India, Indonesia, LATAM (ex Mexico), New Zealand, Scandinavia, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa | |
| Nimic | Yorgos Lanthimos | November 27, 2020 | Worldwide (excluding China) | |
| Tripping with Nils Frahm | Benoit Toulemonde | December 3, 2020 | Worldwide | |
| Cold Meridian | Peter Strickland | December 11, 2020 | Worldwide | |
| Farewell Amor | Ekwa Msangi | December 18, 2020 | Worldwide (excluding China, Africa, Israel, North America) | |
| 2021 | Beginning | Dea Kulumbegashvili | January 29, 2021 | Germany, India, Ireland, LATAM, North America, Turkey, UK |
| Dead Pigs | Cathy Yan | February 12, 2021 | Worldwide (excluding China) | |
| Notturno | Gianfranco Rosi | March 5, 2021 | India, Ireland, LATAM, Turkey, UK, | |
| Limbo | Ben Sharrock | May 7, 2021 | Ireland, UK | |
| Shiva Baby | Emma Seligman | TBC | Austria, Germany, India, Ireland, LATAM, Turkey, UK | |
| New Order | Michel Franco | TBC | Ireland, UK | |
| Sweat | Magnus von Horn | TBC | India, LATAM, Turkey, US | |
| State Funeral | Sergei Loznitsa | TBC | Ireland, UK, US | |
See also
- Curzon Home Cinema
- Fandor
- FilmStruck
- Indieflix
- Kanopy
- Netflix
- Shudder
- The Criterion Collection (The Criterion Channel)
- The Film Detective
- Tubi
External links
References
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